Category Archives: Through Our Eyes

College Heights Herald Multimedia Editor, Morgan Walker and Staff Photographer, Jabin Botsford, collaborated on “For Your Life,” the story of Jay Armfield and his attempt to win The 8th Annual “Battle of the Greeks,” hosted by WKU’s Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Each Wednesday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you the best images of the past week taken by our very own students. To submit, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video in the last week (Monday to Monday). Send your top 5 choices to wkunppa@gmail.com and our officers will pick the best of the bunch to showcase.

Gloria Akakpo, 19, originally of Atakpamé, Togo, wears Ankara fabric,  a traditional style of African material, which was given to her by her grandmother who still resides in Togo. Akakpo plans to move to New York City as an aspiring model, a decision she made after being turned down from the popular reality television show “American’s Next Top Model,” because she is not a citizen of The United States.

Brittany Sowacke

Greenwood senior guard Antonio Bradley is comforted by his teammates after losing to Russell County.  Greenwood lost 79-63 against Russell County on Monday Feb. 25, 2013 at Diddle Arena in the 4th Region Tournament.

Jeff Brown

Mar Rah waits anxiously for his friends to pick him up for work.  He continuously catches glances back and forth between the clock and the door after the men are over five minutes late for collecting him.  In many ways, the life of Mar Rah and his family are dependent on others.  All the help they receive because of the good deeds of others helps facilitate their lives in order for them to assimilate and function more easily in American society.

Katie Meek

Tomas Guerra, 20, originally from Santigo, Chile, is a javelin thrower for Western Kentucky University’s Track and Field Team. “It’s a sport that requires a lot of strength,” Guerra said, “from your feet to your head.”

Katie McLean

Rainy day on Western Kentucky University’s campus, Bowling Green, Ky. March, 5, 2013.

Jerry Englehart

Tyler Wittmer, of Phi Gamma Delta, rests between rounds during his bout on the first of two nights at Sigma Chi’s “Battle of the Greeks,” which was held at the Soky Fair Grounds, in Bowling Green, Ky.

Brittany Sowacke

Jeanne Burlew reacts to the ring girls between bouts at “Fight Night” on Feb. 28, 2013 at the Blue Dome. “This is my first fight ever,” she said. “It’s so exciting!”

Adam Wolffbrandt

Blood and a mouthguard lay on the ring floor between bouts for Fight Night on Feb. 28, 2013 at the Blue Dome.

Adam Wolffbrandt

by Dorothy Edwards

It was standing room only last night at our first Take a Swim of the semester! Thanks to everyone who submitted their photos, asked questions, brought food and made the night so great! If you want to be a part of our next Take a Swim, keep your eyes open for our emails and keep track of what photos of yours that you have questions about.

 

Each Wednesday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you the best images of the past week taken by our very own students. To submit, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video in the last week (Monday to Monday). Send your top 5 choices to wkunppa@gmail.com and our officers will pick the best of the bunch to showcase.

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association competitive cheer championships took place on Saturday at Diddle Arena from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. This is the first year KHSAA has hosted the competition, and some of the attendees said they really enjoyed having WKU as the venue.

Jabin Botsford

Barzik Valdez plays with an air compressor while his father, Roberto, cleans the family’s Tortilla Shop in preparation for the day’s end.

Luke Franke

 Members of the Perry County Central High School all-girls cheerleading squad react after being named the All-Girl Small champions during the 2013 KHSAA State Competitive Cheerleading Championships at Diddle Arena on February 23.

Brandon Carter

Children crowd at the end of the church aisle to catch a peek of a catorceaneras, or “coming of age” ceremony.

Luke Franke

Luis Hernandez and his nephew Garrik hug while grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. Spending every day taking care of Garrik and his sister Kateylyn while their parents work full time, Luis has developed a strong, father-like relationship with his niece and nephew.

Dorothy Edwards

Each Wednesday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you the best images of the past week taken by our very own students. To submit, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video in the last week (Monday to Monday). Send your top 5 choices to wkunppa@gmail.com and our officers will pick the best of the bunch to showcase.

Arko Dato came to Denmark from Calcutta, India to study photojournalism.

Eric Shea

United State’s Whitney Engen (left) and Scotland’s Jane Ross collide during the game Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee.  USA defeated Scotland 3-1.

Josh Lindsey

Danny Guy

Abbey Oldham

Katie McLean

A visual journey comparing night and day life.

Adam Wolffbrandt

David Cole relaxes in Dollar Brothers shoe store while he watches his wife, Lucille Cole, shop for shoes.

Micheal Noble Jr.

Kaylee Pedigo of Bowling Green laughs with her mother, Maria Leach, at the Lone Star Rodeo on Sunday.

Katie McLean

Birds fly low over Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Josh Mauser

A worker lets cows through a gate during the Lone Star Rodeo on February 9, 2013 at Western Kentucky University’s L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center.

Adam Wolffbrandt

Western Kentucky University sophomore guard, George Fant, shoots the ball over Arkansas Statue University’s junior forward, Kendrick Washington, at the WKU vs Alabama State University mens basketball game on Saturday, February 9, 2013 in E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Ky.

Jake Pope

Musician Chris Pickering payed a visit to the Revolution 91.7 studio on Feb. 2, 2013 to play songs from his latest EP “Corners”. Originally from Warwick, Australia, Pickering is now based in Nashville, TN and makes his living by playing in bars and selling his songs.

Justin Blodgett

Each Wednesday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you the best images of the past week taken by our very own students. To submit, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video in the last week (Monday to Monday). Send your top 5 choices to wkunppa@gmail.com and our officers will pick the best of the bunch to showcase.

The UCI Cyclocross Elite World Championships were held in Louisville, Ky. at Eva Banman Park on Saturday, February 2, 2013.

Kreable Young

Katie McLean

Abby O’Bryan

Get ready because NPPA is announcing a whole bunch of events!

If you don’t have Facebook or we sadly aren’t friends yet, pay attention because this email contains a ton of important information! If you don’t take a few minutes to read, you’ll only be cheating yourself out of awesome opportunities!

Firstly, do not forget to submit your picture for the Print Trade which is taking place next Tuesday, February 12th at our secretary, Alix Mattingly’s, house. It starts at 8pm and is located at 1326 Park St., Apt. D.
All submissions are due by 11:59 on Sunday the 10th. Make sure you have paid your $10 annual dues OR submitted your National number to wkunppa@gmail.com BEFORE the print trade. Otherwise, we sadly cannot print your wonderful photo. If you want to remind yourself, join our event here.

Secondly, Career Day and Career Night. Every year we have Career Day where you can have your portfolio reviewed by actual professionals in the industry who just so happen to be in hiring positions (hint, hint, think summer internships and future jobs). This is definitely a dress-to-impress day; take it as seriously as an interview. For complete information, please refer to the email our Director, Mr. Kenney, sent out and our Facebook event located here.
In preparation for Career Day, we are having Career Night in 127 on February 13th starting at 8pm. This is going to be an information, case-by-case question/answer, critique, review, you name it session. Need help with your portfolio? Need help with your resume? Don’t even know what a cover letter is? Don’t worry. Just come with your questions in tow and someone will be able to help you out. You can also look at our Facebook page and join so you don’t forget about it. The link is here.

Thirdly, we are having the second clip contest! Basically, this is a WKU-only contest, much like KNPA, CPOY or POY. You can submit up to 5 entries in each category of Sports Action, Sports Feature, News, Portrait and Story. This means you can enter up to 25 separate times. Think of the possibilities! All photos must have been taken between October 28th and the deadline, which is Tuesday, February 19th. For full rules and guidelines, please refer to our Facebook event page, here. At the end of the year, the person with the most points will win some PJ swag. Currently, Adam Wolffbrandt is in the lead with 5 points, closely followed by Austin Anthony with 4. But don’t worry, there’s plenty of time to claim the prize for yourself!

Finally! Don’t forget that EVERY Tuesday is a Through Our Eyes deadline. You can submit up to 5 images or videos, if that’s your style, to wkunppa@gmail.com by 6:30pm every single Tuesday. Everything you submit must have been taken in that one week period, however. If you’re submitting video, it has to have been finished within the Tuesday-to-Tuesday time period. At the end of the year, NPPA will be producing a book of all the images picked for Through Our Eyes. How cool!? Check out the blog, here.

Thanks to every single one of you who take part in NPPA events!
Brittany, Danny, Adam and Alix